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Mike Wall now enters his second season at Arizona State in the first assistant position. Wall spent 2005 at Utah as the first assistant for the Lady Utes. The Utes ended up winning the Mountain West Conference Tournament, and finished as the number two blocking team in the NCAA with three freshman in the starting linup. Before serving as an assistant coach at Utah, Wall coached at Saint Mary's College in 2004. While on the Gaels' staff, Wall helped the team to a 24-4 overall record. The Gaels beat the eventual national champion Stanford Cardinal twice during the regular season. The Gaels advanced to the Sweet 16 in Wall's only season at St. Mary's. SMC started the season ranked out of the top 50 and finished ranked No. 10 in the country. Prior to his stint at Saint Mary's, Wall was an assistant coach at UC-San Diego in 2003-04. There he helped UCSD to its best season in program history. Mike gained valuable experience playing volleyball at the international level as well. His international exploits began during the 2001 season when he participated in the World League Tournament with the USA National Team. After finishing his senior campaign at Brigham Young, Wall returned to the US National Team to take part in the Dallas and Italian tours. From 2002-04, Wall played volleyball overseas. He began playing in the Swiss National League A in 2002-03 and spent part of 2004 playing for San Sebastian Volleyball Club in Puerto Rico. Wall played college volleyball at Brigham Young from 1997-2002 and was a part of two National Championship squads. In 2001, Wall was named a first team All-American. After beating UCLA in three games to take the NCAA Title, Wall was named the Final Four MOP. In 2002, Wall was again named a first team All-American and also was named BYU's Most Competitive Athlete. Wall still holds eight records at BYU. |
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